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When the President read aloud the following two memorial resolutions, he spoke briefly to the accomplishments, lives and service to the University of Mr. Brown and Mr. Kellogg:

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION FOR MR. CHARLES L. BROWN

WHEREAS, Charles L. Brown was born in Richmond in 1921 and took a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1943; and

WHEREAS, after service in the United States Navy during World War II, Mr. Brown joined the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1946; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Brown rose rapidly through the ranks of AT&T to become President in 1977 and Chairman of the Board in 1979, retiring in 1986; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Brown served on many national boards, both public and private; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Brown, as a loyal alumnus, served the University with great devotion in a variety of ways, most recently as Vice Chairman of the Campaign Executive Committee in the last capital campaign; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Brown was appointed to the Board of Visitors by Governor Baliles in 1986; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Brown died in Richmond on November 12, 2003;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors takes note, with sorrow, of Mr. Brown's passing, remembers with gratitude his service on the Board and his love of the University, and expresses its profound sympathy to Mrs. Brown and his family.

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION FOR MR. ROBERT L. KELLOGG

WHEREAS, Robert L. Kellogg, a native of Michigan, took a B.A. from the University of Maryland and the M.A. and the Ph.D. from Harvard University; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kellogg joined the faculty of the University of Virginia as an Assistant Professor of English in 1957; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kellogg served as Chair of the English Department, then as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and finally as the first Principal of the Brown College at Monroe Hill; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kellogg retired from teaching in 1999 after having devoted four decades to shaping excellence in the English Department and in the College; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kellogg was a superb teacher and scholar, whose academic interests ranged from Icelandic and Old English texts, to the study of the narrative, to the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kellogg was known for his kindness, for his love of knowledge, and for his interest in his students and colleagues; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Kellogg died in Charlottesville on January 3, 2004;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors notes with profound sorrow the death of Robert L. Kellogg, remembers his love of learning and the distinguished contributions he made to the University of Virginia, and expresses its deepest sympathy to Mrs. Kellogg and her family.